Soup up your laptop!

• Collect, organize and share citations online
• Create and format bibliographies & footnotes in any citation style
  
  • RefWorks: Put citations in your MSWord documents with Write-N-Cite
    • Log into RefWorks. Go to Tools --> Write-N-Cite. (Instructions)
    • Learn more: Sign up for a RefWorks workshop.
  • EndNote: Download the connection file for the Library Catalog
    • Learn more: Sign up for an EndNote workshop.
  • Zotero: Free Firefox extension for managing citations.
    • Download the Zotero Firefox extension.

Streamline your research

• Firefox 2 and above
• Internet Explorer 7 and above

• GoogleScholar: Visit our help guide to connect Google Scholar to the Library.
• Firefox: Search the Library catalog and the University web sites from your Firefox browser.
  • LibX Library search Firefox toolbar (BETA version)
  • Library catalog title browse Firefox plugin
  • Library catalog author browse Firefox plugin
  • Library catalog keyword search Firefox plugin
  • University of Chicago Google Search Firefox plugin
  • Mycroft Project a variety of Firefox plugins for dictionaries and reference sources.
• Search Lens on your mobile device.
• Oxford English Dictionary: Install the OED bookmarklet for IE, Firefox or Safari.
• ProxyIt! bookmarklet for Firefox, Safari, and IE

Other search tools

• For Images
  • ARTstor -- Create an account and go to Tools to download the Offline Image Viewer (OIV).
• For Chemistry
  • Beilstein/Gmelin and CrossFire -- instructions
  • SciFinder Scholar (aka Chemical Abstracts) -- instructions
• For Spanish Languages and Literature
  • Diccionario de la Real Academia Española bookmarklet

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